Brian Jones
| This article is about the scientist from Energon. For the scientist from Animated, see Brian Jones (Animated). |
- Brian Jones is a human from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Doctor Brian Jones is humanity's foremost expert on Energon. He has a brilliant mind and his research may solve the energy crisis facing not only Earth, but Cybertron as well.
Dr. Jones and his wife, Miranda Jones, are the parents of Kicker and Sally Jones. He laughs at inappropriate times. Actually, he has some other inappropriate personal quirks to boot. He sometimes views Kicker as more of a tool than as his son, but shows some concern for him at important times. Dr. Jones is exceedingly eccentric.
It is unknown if Doctor Jones ever met Short Round or Willie Scott.
Fiction
Energon cartoon
- Voice actor: Ron Halder (English), Jin Yamanoi (Japanese), Oliviez Destrez (French)
An MIT graduate, Dr. Jones earned a degree in physical engineering. His pupil at this time was the young Rad White, who would later reveal the Transformers to Dr. Jones. Dr. Jones would eventually travel to Cybertron and establish a sort of private-sector energon research on Earth, in the form of hidden cities built on Cybertronian technology. Thanks to Alexis' intervention, this program would become loosely sanctioned by the Earth Federation, which was interested in exploring energon's usefulness to humanity but cautious in assimilating the Transformers into human affairs. This program would be kept from the public for many years. Cybertron City
A large factor in Doctor Jones' contribution to energon research came from his son, Brian "Kicker" Jones Junior, who developed energon-sensing abilities after a trip to Cybertron and meeting Primus. Dr. Jones had rather ambiguous morals with regards to how he treated his son. At times, Jones used Kicker more like a tool, innocently oblivious to Kicker's developmental needs. When Dr. Jones discovered Kicker's gift, he dragged his young son from world to world, wherever he expected to find energon deposits. Coupled with his traumatic trip to Cybertron, Kicker came to resent his father, though the elder Jones did upon occasion show concern and love for his son. The New Cybertron City The Legend of Rodimus
Doctor Jones was stationed on Cybertron with Rad when the Terrorcon invasion of Earth and its mining colonies began. Fearing for his son's safety, he sent a special suit of armor for his son to Earth with Optimus Prime. Prime gave Kicker the armor to protect him from the Terrorcons when they threatened Ocean City and other energon outposts. Cybertron City From his post on Cybertron, he later alerted Optimus Prime that Mars City was not completely drained of energon. Megatron's Sword Next, he spruced up the Prime Force for Optimus after they took a beating in battle against Scorponok. He also conceived of pre-constructed energon mining facilities, building one on Cybertron and then readying it for transport through the Space Bridge to Earth once a new vein of energon was discovered. Doctor Jones used this idea for offensive purposes when Kicker discovered some more energon in the frozen north. Once a Space Bridge beacon was dropped into the ice, the Autobots evacuated the area and Doctor Jones dropped the entire "Blizzard City" complex right on top of the Terrorcons as they went for the energon. The New Cybertron City
Dr. Jones returned to Earth with a new plan to protect the planet and its remaining energon deposits: the energon towers, a series of defensive spires feeding off energon to generate a powerful, all-encompassing energon field grid. Battle of the Asteroid Belt Back in Ocean City, Doctor Jones did his best to reconcile with Kicker, but his efforts failed from the start when he insisted on calling his son "Junior". (Luckily, he didn't mention they named the DOG "Kicker".) Despite the personal troubles, Doctor Jones got the energon tower activated in record time, and unveiled it during a Decepticon attack. The tower let out a specially targetable shockwave, completely harmless to Autobots and Omnicons, but it destroyed Terrorcons and weakened Decepticons, driving them off completely. Energon Tower
As energon towers arrived at the other remaining mining cities on Earth, Doctor Jones declared the need to find more energon deposits, otherwise they wouldn't have enough to bring all the towers online once they were secured. He asked Kicker to go into the mines underneath Blizzard City and check for more energon. He even said Kicker could be "team leader", hoping that would make his son more excited about the prospect. The Legend of Rodimus
When Kicker confronted Demolishor and the Terrorcons on the moon, Doctor Jones watched his son from Earth, confident that Kicker knew what he was doing. When the Omnicons of Lunar City were discovered alive and well beneath the surface, Doctor Jones used Lunar City as a foundation to launch another energon tower from Cybertron, and used it to unleash another shockwave that drove off the Decepticons and Terrorcons. Kicker Beware! As the Earth Federation prepared to bring the last of the energon towers of Earth online and establish a world-wide protective grid, they found themselves racing the clock as Megatron launched a trio of artificial comets at Earth. These comets were large enough to destroy all life on the planet if the energon grid wasn't prepared in time. When Desert City failed to activate properly, Doctor Jones sent Kicker and Misha to repair the damage. Desert City came online just in time to repel the comets. Energon Grid Doctor Jones cackled like a megalomaniac at having secured Earth's safety, and Kicker once again wished his dad would tone it down some, considering they barely prevented a doomsday strike on the entire planet. Rodimus: Friend or Foe?
Doctor Jones' next venture is a warp-capable ship he named the Miranda II, with its own collapsable defense field based on energon tower technology. He provided this ship to Prime and his team as they set out into the galaxy to find Unicron. Go for Unicron!
When Doctor Jones heard the Kicker had gone after Alpha Q by himself, he was extremely concerned. Miranda gently reminded him of how he hadn't always put Kicker's wellbeing first in the past, and told Dr. Jones to trust his son to stay safe. Alpha Q: Identity When Kicker contacted Dr. Jones requesting all of Earth's energon to defend Cybertron from Unicron, Jones was reluctant to leave Earth so defenseless. Still, he trusted his son's judgment and agreed to provide the energon. Unicron Unleashed
Unfortunately, his invention was later perverted for use by the Decepticons when they managed to capture Cybertron and refitted the towers defending the planet to output toxic energon gas, which was highly damaging to Autobots and Autobot technology. This served as the Decepticons' main defense for much of the war.
Energon comic
Dr. Jones was a special consultant for Alterenergy, an alternative fuel company located in Western Australia. When Terrorcons raided Earth in search of Energon, they targeted his son Kicker, who could detect Energon with his mind. He sent one of his employees, Rad, to rescue him.
However, Kicker was instead scooped up by one of the protesters outside the Alterenergy mobile command center. Rad then fumbled the rescue and Kicker was kidnapped by the Terrorcons. After the Autobots arrived, Dr. Jones had them bring Kicker a battle suit to wear so that he would be protected.
